the shameful scandal shot deep into the heart of penn state. lucy yang, abc news, new york. >> again, that hearing just hours from now. as you heard in that piece, sandusky could speak as well as the victims. ful if he speaks and says anything resembling the statement he just released, what a moment in court that will be, especially for the victims to have to sit there on that day and listen to him defy these charges. >> his defense attorney said he was desperate basically to get to the stand. his biggest regret, he wasn't able to testify on his own behalf during the trial. but sandusky and his victims will both have an opportunity to -- to basically make the statement, and then the judge is going to pass down the sentence. it is going to range anywhere from ten years to more than 400 years in prison from judge john cleland. >> practically speaking he is going to die in prison no matter what the sentence end up being. real quick, a statement from one of the lawyers for one of the victims says, the failure of mr. sandusky to show any contrition